Minnesota Nice

back injury=hours of useless television

E! True Hollywood Story: American Idol
E! True Hollywood Story: Paula Abdul
E! True Hollywood Story: Blossom
E! True Hollywood Story: Snoop Dogg (for the 2nd time)
Several hours of Discovery Health Channel's
--Life in the ER
--The Critical Hour
--A Face Restored: about a severely burned Afgani Girl who's face was melted to her chest after a fire...
I even stooped to watching Laguna Beach: i don't get it - is it real or are they actors...either way it sucks but is oddly addictive...i feel myself wanting to know if stephen and his girl will continue a long distant relationship of break it off since he lives in san fran...

and, don't even get me started on MTV'S show "My Super Sweet 16".

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My Husband...

I'm so proud of my husband...he is now a full-time student, working hard to complete school and head toward a career that will make him happy!! He is majoring in kenisieolgy to one day get his masters in physical therapy! I'm so proud of him. I wanted to take a picture of him on his first day of school (like a proud mom)..but our camera batteries were dead!!

With a week of school under his belt...he comes home yesterday with more proud news. Tony was hired to be the assistant to the Athletic Trainer of Bakersfield College. This is a dream job for Tony...he has always wanted to be a trainer. He will work alongside the trainer every day, and will be present at all the sports events taping ankles and learning the trade.

I've never seen Tony so happy and hard-working. That makes me proud!!

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Under the Radar...

i'v been down for the count, under the radar...or whatever metaphor you choose, since last week.
it first started with a bit of stomach problems for 3 days last week..i couldnt eat for a couple days and...well, that's all i'll say about that...
then just when that got better, i woke up sunday morning with an annoying backache...of course i didnt do anything about it and continued to lift speakers and set up all morning for church....that morning as i played guitar i couldn't even straighten out my right leg...i had to stand with it bent..
anyway....my back pretty much hurt all week...finally wednesday i couldn't even get out of bed, i couldnt stand up straight adn i had muscle spasms so bad i cried all day...
so, at this point i thought it was time to got the chiropracter...he confirmed that my "si" joint was out of place...this is the joint that connects your pelvis to your spine...in the words of my chiropracter..."big ass joint=big ass pain".
he couldnt even put it back in cause my muscles were so tight!! so basically since wednesday i have been in bed or on the floor..drugged up on IB800's or on Vicadin....

the end...

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in my head: the verse from an old camp song..."if i had a little red box to put the devil in...i'd take him out and SMASH HIS FACE, and put him back again..."

on my head: less hair...got it chopped today...it's too hot here for long hair, and hopefully less heavy hair will relieve my daily headaches....

at breakfast the other day: an intervention-tony printed out pages of reasons why i should not be on atkins anymore, and mentioned how several friends of mine agree (i know who you are, you dont' have to comment). so much to everyone's-and my-delight i am no longer a meat lover. i seriously think i could be a vegetarian at this point...i never want to see ground beef again-gagging as i type. i actually was wanting to switch things up a bit anyway...cause i dont feel healthy...sure i've lost 75lbs...but i can't handle the headaches and having no energy and feeling tired 24/7. so, tony and i are embarking on a new diet journey...we are going to soon be detoxing our bodies of all the unhealthy crap, and will be "granola heads" (as kristi calls it)...eating organic foods and just living healthy. watching the movie "super size me" has also removed any sort of desire to ever eat fast food again.

proud of: my husband-he will be a full-time student in college this fall...and on his way to being a physical therapist.

looking forward to: taking the CBEST test in a couple weeks and being certified to be a substitute teacher. i'm so nerdy when it comes to school things..i'm actually jealous that tony gets to go back...my day will come again though..

gotta get back to work-it's supposed to be my day off-but i'm at work because i have so much to do-yet i'm blogging...go figure

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